Sorghum

Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum and also known by names including broomcorn, great millet and jowar, is a species in the grass genus Sorghum, typically grown as an annual, though some cultivars are perennial, growing in clumps that may reach over 4 meters high with grain 2 to 4 millimeters in diameter. The species originated and was domesticated in Sudan and is native to Africa and the Indian subcontinent, where it is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its grain; it is the world's fifth most important cereal crop, used as food by humans while the plant itself is also used for animal feed and ethanol production.